Door-securer.



ROBERT 0. HAMMOND, OF ROME, NEX/V YORK.

DOOR-SECURER.

esaiee.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgned ,13ML 31, 1911,

Application led .Tune 16, 1910. Serial No. 567,321.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, ROBERT O. HAM MOND, a citizen of the United States,resident of Rome, in thecounty of Oneida and State of New York, havemade a certain new and useful Invention in Door-Securers; and I declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake` and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a similarview of the invention on a smaller scale showing its method ofapplication. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the application of theinvention as a screw driver. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing theapplication of the invention as a bottle stopper remover. Fig. 5 is aplan view of the invention as applied, the door and its casing beingshown in horizontal section. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the inventionshowing its angular position in the crevice between the door and itsjamb. l

The invention has relation to a combination tool, capable of useprincipally as a door securer, to prevent a door from being opened fromthe outside, and also capable of use as a bottle stopper extractor, andas a screw driver.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations ofparts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, the letter adesignates the tool which is adapted to be stamped from a single pieceof metal in one operation of the stamping die, or to be cast in onepiece, said tool being of substantially flat form and having a stem 7),provided with pointed teeth c, c, along one longitudinal edge thereofand in the same plane as the stem, for engagement with the. jamb of thedoor. At the opposite longitudinal edge of said stem from the teeth c,c', a right-angle shoulder bar Z is provided being designed forengagement with the inner face of the door, said shoulder bar having anextension at c, substantially parallel with the stem and joined to theinner termination of the stem by means of a curved portion f extendingin the direction of the stem and to the op- ,the door,

, posite side thereof from the shoulder bar as shown at g, being theninturned at /t and Joined to the end of the stem at j, at a point beyondthe shoulder bar and at the opposite end portion of the stem from theteeth c, c, the shoulder bar lying intermediately of the stem betweensaid teeth and such joint. An open handle Zz' is this provided, wherebythe tool is .more conveniently manipulated in use, the extension of thehandle to t-he opposite side of the stem from the shoulder bar being forthe purpose of allowing more space within the handle for the fingermanipulation. The free end of the stem is made of beveled character, asshown at Z, whereby the stem is more easily inserted in the crack orcrevice between the edge of the door and the jamb, and at the same timeproviding for the use of the device as a screw driver.

A lug m is provided at the end of the shoulder bar farthest removed fromthe stem, and will, in the use of the invention as a door securer, haveengagement with the inner face of the door to prevent displace ment ofthe teeth of the tool from their seats in the jamb. This lug m, which isspaced from the stem by the length of the shoulder bar also provides forthe use of the device as a bottle stopper extractor.

In the use of the invention as a door securer, the door is first closed,the tool being then inserted flatwise in the crevice between the edge ofthe door and the jamb with its plane in the plane of the crevice, thetool being then turned until its edge teeth engage with the jamb, theshoulder bar and the lug thereof being at the same time brought intoengagement with the inner face of the door. If now it is attempted toopen the door from the outside, the teeth having seats in the door j ambwill prevent such opening', because of the shoulder bar bea-ringagainst. the door, while at the same time the lug m will become seatedin the inner .face of the door to preventl any disengagement of theteeth from the jamb which might arise through turning of the instrumentin the crevice.

In the application of this device to the door, the stem l) which isinserted in the crevice between the door and its jamb may assume more orless angular relation to to allow for orevices of varying width.

Having thus described my invention, what I elaiin as new and desire toSecure by Letters Patent is 1. A flat-forni door seeurer Capable ofbeing made of one piece of metal, and having a Stein provided with teethin the plane of the ste-1n along one longitudinal edge thereof7 aright-angle shoulder bar having connection at one end thereofinterinediateliT of the length of the Stein, stid shoulder han' havingat its opposite end n right angle extension parallel to the Stein, and acurved bar lnwing connection at one end thereof with one end of thestein and at its opposite end with one end of said exteneion, and havingprojection to the Side of the stein opposite to said shoulder bar.

2. A door seonrer, having a Stein provided Wit-h teeth in the plane ofthe Stein along one longitudinal edge thereof, n heveled free end7 und nright angle shoulder bar having connection at one end thereofinterinediattebT of the length of the Stein, said shoulder bar having atits opposite end a catch lng and a right-angle extension parnllel toSaid Stein7 and L Curved har having YConnection :1t one end thereoflWith one end of the stein, and at its opposite end Wit-h one end of Saidextension.

In testimony whereof l afiX my Signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT O. HAMMOND. Vitnesses MAY HUTTON, Conn K. ENDERS.

